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Hot Tours: Taylor Swift, Vasco Rossi, Rod Stewart

by Bob Allen  |   June 17, 2010 12:38 EDT
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Artists in this Article

Bon Jovi
Rod Stewart
Eros Ramazzotti
Renato Zero
Andrea Bocelli
Muse
Vasco Rossi
DAUGHTRY
Kellie Pickler
Taylor Swift
Justin Bieber
Gloriana

Taylor Swift is No. 1 on this week's Hot Tours chart based on reported grosses from five recent dates on the final North American leg of her Fearless Tour.  Top box office totals came from Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., the home of the New England Patriots and the first NFL stadium the country star has played as a headliner.  She performed to a sellout crowd of 56,868 and grossed over $3.7 million in ticket sales during the June 5 concert that also included pop star Justin Bieber and fellow country artists Kellie Pickler and Gloriana.  Marking a first for Gillette Stadium, Swift is the only female solo artist to ever headline at the venue. Of the $62.6 million earned since the tour's April 2009 kick-off, Gillette's gross is the top single-show total.

Promoter Live Nation recently reported gross totals from concerts at various European venues during the past seven months, including Milan's 12,500-seat Mediolanum Forum which hosted concert appearances by three Italian artists ranking on the Hot Tours list.  The venue's top-grosser was veteran rocker Vasco Rossi, No. 2 this week, who sold out eight concerts at the arena on Feb. 5-6, 10-11, 15-16 and 20-21.  Grosses totaled €4.4 million ($6 million US) for all performances.  Five shows by singer/songwriter Eros Ramazzotti (Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2, 4-5) generated €1.8 million ($2.7 US) at the box office earning him the No. 5 ranking, and three performances at the Forum by Renato Zero (Dec. 11-12, 14) land the Italian singer at No. 7.

Rod Stewart is third on the list of Hot Tours with totals from three sold out performances at London's O2 Arena (May 29, June 1, 3).  With ticket sales totals topping £3.2 million ($4.7 US), combined attendance for the three-show run was 44,171.

 

Rank Artist/Event
Total Gross
Show Dates
Show Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts)
Total Attendance (Capacity)
1 TAYLOR SWIFT
$10,212,092
May 20-June 5
Scotiabank Place, Ottawa (1/1)
Air Canada Centre, Toronto (2/2)
Toyota Center, Houston (2/2)
Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. (2/2)
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass. (1/1)
151,485 (151,485)
2 VASCO ROSSI
$6,095,680
Feb. 5-21
Mediolanum Forum, Milan (8/8)
89,734 (89,734)
3 ROD STEWART
$4,708,080
May 29-June 3
O2 Arena, London (3/3)
44,171 (44,171)
4
MUSE
$2,955,702
Nov. 14-March 8
Ahoy, Rotterdam (1/1)
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona (1/0)
Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid (1/1)
Air Canada Centre, Toronto (1/1)
57,327 (60,391)
5 EROS RAMAZZOTTI
$2,738,850
Nov. 30-Dec. 5
Mediolanum Forum - Milan
44,041 (51,074)
6 ANDREA BOCELLI
$1,905,200
Dec. 3
Air Canada Centre, Toronto (1/0)
10,842 (11,500)
7 RENATO ZERO
$1,802,640
Dec. 11-14
Mediolanum Forum, Milan (3/1)
31,780 (31,981)
8 BON JOVI
$1,691,915
May 19
Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, Pa. (1/1)
24,956 (24,956)
9 TIËSTO
$1,676,393
May 8-June 2
Kongeparken, Stavanger, Norway (1/1)
Parken Stadion, Copenhagen (1/0)
Butan Club, Wuppertal, Germany (1/1)
17,617 (24,200)
10 DAUGHTRY
$1,335,651
June 2-11
Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh (1/0)
Eastern Kentucky Expo Center, Pikeville, Ky. (1/1)
Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Ga. (1/1)
North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, S.C. (1/0)
Littlejohn Coliseum, Clemson, S.C. (1/0)
James Brown Arena, Augusta, Ga. (1/0)
Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte (1/1)
35,343 (37,930)

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